Describe a selected medium-sized private company, its operations, and its associated industry and evaluate these areas to determine whether the company should be publicly traded or not.

Investment Strategies

Select a medium-sized private company and one that allows access to its financial statements.

Write a 4–5 page paper in which you:

1.) Describe a selected medium-sized private company, its operations, and its associated industry and evaluate these areas to determine whether the company should be publicly traded or not.

2.) Analyze four leading financial ratios and how each would affect investment strategies and a decision for a medium-sized private company to go public or stay private.

3.) Evaluate the application of each of the four financial ratios to a selected medium-sized private company based on comparable or benchmark industry ratios.

4.) Recommend the application of one of the four financial ratios to a selected medium-sized private company to inform a decision to go public or stay private supported with a justification for the recommendation.

5.) Provide at least four reliable, relevant, peer-reviewed references, published within the last five years that support the paper’s claims.